Golf club



April 25, 1933. H. G. BARRETT GOLF CLUB Filed Dec. 14, 1929 J7V6/2207? fiwozdafiarrz z 50 ing pin.

Patented Apr. 25, 1933 A} UNITEDISTATES PATENT OFFICE HAROLD G. BARRETT, F WILMET'IE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PYRATONE PRODUCTS CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION ILLINOIS 1 GOLF CLUB Application filed December 14, 1929. Serial No. 413,957. r

To the attainment of these ends and the In the manufacture of golf clubs the head is usually provided with an opening or socket into which the end of the shaft is inserted. In some instances the shaft has been provided with a protecting sheath or casing and in other instances a ferrule has been formed or placed upon the shaft to abut the end of the socket in the club head. In all instances, howevergit has been customary to protect the jointbetween the shaft and head by means of windings of a flexible member, such as thread, cord or the like. WVhen such windings are employed it is not possible to pro-' vide' a continuous smooth surface throughout the length of the shaft, and furthermore, such windings do not reinforce or strengthen the shaft orjoint.

" It is one of the objects of the present invention to overcome these difficulties and ob- .2 jections and'to provide improved means for relieving thestrain of the head with respect to the shaft or core of the shaft, and at the same time dispense with the necessity of such windings and to provide a structure 2 in which the club head, shaft, sheath and fconnecting means will be substantially integral and in which the parts are reinforced at the joints.

' 'A further object is to provide in a golf club structure animproved joint construction formed by means of a cap which encompasses the end of the club through which the socket opens and through which cap .the shaftpasses, the cap being formed as a linishmay be produced, resulting in'an 6X.

tremely ornamental product, with the further employed between the end of the shaft and the head of the club will be reinforced and protected andwill be prevented from breaking, by relieving the strain upon such fastenpart of the casing which encompasses the.

accomplishment of other new and useful obform of structure of this character constructed in accordance. with the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view of the head of the club with the shaft'removed and showing another form of the invention.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the end of the shaft which is inserted into the club head, showing the cap in dotted lines.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the end of the shaft structure. 7 Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral 10 designates generally the head of a club having the usual socket'll into which the end of the golf club shaft is inserted. i

The end 12 of the head is preferably reduced as at'13 and a cap 1a constructed of any suitable material, preferably a hard non-metallic material is-sleeved over the reduced portion 13 of the head 10 and secured in position inany suitable manner. Passing through the cap 14 is an opening 15 which registerswith the opening 11 in the head, and a portion of the cap overlaps the end of the club head as at 16 and against which portion the cap abuts.

In Figure 2 is shown one form of the in vention in which the cap 14 is secured to the end of the club head before the shaft is at tached thereto. Howeven'in Figuresl and 4 the preferred form of the invention-is shown. 4 result that the pin fastening'means usually The shaft of the club may be formed in any suitable manner preferably by means of a core 17 the end of which is'adapted to telescope into the opening 11 in thehead 10, the usual fastening pin 18 being provided to secure these two parts together.

Encompassing the core 17 is a sheath or casing 19 constructed of any suitable and preferably hard non-metallic material, and which casing closely fits the core. The end of the casing is reduced as at 20 to form a shoulder 21 and encompassing the core and abutting the shoulder 21 is a collar 22, the outer surface of which collar is flush with the outerzperiphery of the casing 19. Telesurface. of the cap 14, while the extremity 20 of, the casing 19 telescopes into the opening 15 of the cap to substantially'fill such opening and terminates flush with an internal shoulder 26 and to which telescoping portion of the casing '19 the cap is secured.

. The parts are so shaped that the periphery of the casing 19 upon the shaft 17, the pelipheryofthe collar 22 and the periphery of the adjacent portion of the sleeve 23 will be'flush, and likewise the periphery of the flared portion 24 of the sleeve will be flush with the periphery of the cap 14:.

The parts may be secured together in any desiredor suitable manner, and the end of the shaft or core 17 projects through and beyond the end of the cap 1 1.

In attaching the head and shaft the latter is telescoped into the socket 11 and the cap 14 will be sleeved over the end12 of the head, the reduced portion 13 entering the cap until the shoulder 26 and the end of the reduced portion 20 of the casing 19 abuts the end of the club head.

With this construction it will be manifest that the winding at the junction of the shaft with theend of the head will be dispensed with, and if desired, the cap 1 f may be of a different color frointhjat of the sleeve 23,

and likewise, the color of the collar 22 may also be diflerent from the adjacent portion of the shaft or of the sleeve 23, thereby rendering it possible to produce ashaft of amulti-color or multi-tone effect. Furthermore, with this improved construction the sleeve 23, casing19 and cap 14; will all be substantially integral, thereby imparting rigidity to the structure and relieving the strain on the head 10 with respect to the core of the shaft.

While the preferred forms of theinvention have been herein shown and described,it is to be understood that various changes may .bemade in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing. fromthe spirit of this invention.

l/Vhat is claimed as new is 1. A shaft for golf clubs and the like embodying a core, a casing sleeved upon' the core, one end of the casing being reduced, the end of the casing terminating a considerable distance from the end of the core, a sleeve telescoped upon the said reduced portion of the casing and terminating short of the end of the said reduced portion,'a,cap tel'escoped upon the end of saidca'sing and abutting the end of the sleeve, said cap having an internal shoulder flush with the end of said casing, the lower portion of the cap being spaced from the core and flaring from said shoulder toward the lower end thereof and said core extending beyond the lower "end of the cap.

2. A shaft for golf clubs and the like, enibodying a'c'ore, a ca'singsleeved up'encore,

onevend of the casing blng'reduc'ed, the end of the casing terminating a "considerable distance from the end of the core, ajsleevete'le scoped upon the said reduced portion ofthe casing and terminating short of the "end of the said reduced portion, a cap telescoped upon the end ofsaid casingandabu'ttihg the end of the sleeve, said cap having an internal shoulder flush vvith the 'end of said casing, the body of the cap being's'pac'ed fronr the core, and said ore 'ektendihg beyond the end' of the cap, in combinati'oii'wi'th a club head having a socket into which the end of said core telescopes,th"e captele'scop ing over said end of the club'head and'the end of the casingjand' the said shoulder on the cap abutting the end of 'saicthead.

3. A golf club embodyjngla and Eating a tapered end through wliich'a shaft socket opens, the outer extremity of th'eso'c'ketbeihg of a substantial area, a cap sleeved upon said end, a portion ofthe cap abutting said outer extremity of thesocket; there being an opening in saidca'p registering with the said socket,a shaft telescop ed intosaid 'socket and passing through thesa'i'd opening in saidflcap, and a sleeve'on the shaft,'theend of'sa'id sleeve abutting the upper face ofsaidcap andthe extremity of said'casingabutting thje'eirtieinity of said hea djvvithin the saidfca p,the said shaft extending beyond the casing and colla'r.

and projecting into'thesaid socket, n

4. A golf c'lube'mbodying ahead h vinga socket opening through one end thereo'f,"a shaft embodying a core,'a'ca"sing sleeved upon the core, one end of the'ca sing peingredncd to form a circumferentialshoulder, a sleeve tel'escoped v up on the said reduced portion of the casing, said co're projectingbeyo'nd the end of the casing andalso projecting beyond the end of said sleeve, '21 capshould'ered u'poh the 'end of the'said head extending over and abutting the extremity of said head,

there being an opening in said ea j rgisrer ing with the said socket, the extremity ofthe reduced end of said casing abutting the end of the socket within the cap, and the end'of said sleeve abutting the end of the cap, the peripheries of said sleeve and said cap being 5. A golf club embodying a head having a socket opening through one end thereof, a cap sleeved over said end and having a portion thereof abutting the extremity of the socket, said cap having an opening registering with said socket but of a diameter greater than the adjacent portion of the socket, a shaft passing into the socket through the cap, a casing upon the shaft, said casing passing into the opening in the cap and abutting the outer extremity of the socket and substantially filling the opening in the end wall of the cap beyond the extremity of the said socket, and a sleeve also upon the shaft, the end of the sleeve abutting the end of the cap.

6. A. golf club embodying a head having a socket opening through one end thereof, a cap sleeved over said end and having a portion thereof abutting the extremity of the socket, said cap having an opening registering with said socket but of a diameter greater than the adjacent portion of the socket, a shaft passing into the socket through the cap, a casing upon the shaft, the end of the casing being reduced to form a circumferential shoulder, the reduced portion of the casing passing into and substantially filling the opening in said cap, the said shoulder in the casing being spaced from the said cap, and a sleeve disposed upon the said reduced portion of the casing and abutting the shoulder on the casing and also the said cap, the periphery of the sleeve being flush with the adjacent portions of the periphery of the head and casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed m name to this specification, on this 11th day of December, A. D. 1929.

HAROLD G. BARRETT. 

